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What our students think

“I learned that life cycle thinking is fundamental to delivering a sustainable building. I also learned that with One Click, the optimization process is almost ‘easy’ and facilitates good collaboration. Felt that the whole circularity piece and being able to measure that is also very powerful. Thanks for such a great course and for sharing such great insights!”

Lucienne Mosquera (Hotel Life Cycle | Footprint | Assessment | Costing | Strategy)

“Thank you to the team for putting together this summer school. The team showed us as much as they could about the One Click LCA tool and I agree that it is indeed very versatile and user-friendly. Thank you for bringing clarity to the difference between the two assessment methods for LCI data characterization -TRACI & CML. That is one of my takeaways from the introductory sessions. Now, we keep working and building on what we learned.”

Tunde Okeowo (Tech IOSH, Public Health at HarvardX)

“Thank you very much for a wonderful summer school course. That was very helpful for my Ph.D. research. I have learned a lot and broadened my knowledge in LCA and how we can optimize carbon reduction for buildings. Looking forward to attending other training courses in the future if any.”

Thao Bui (Alice) (Ph.D. Candidate at Massey University)

“Thanks so much for this great summer school course. It was my first time learning about this subject and using any tools for embodied carbon. Definitely learned a lot and can't wait until LCA becomes a mandatory requirement in North America and Asia. Embodied energy really is the next big thing we need to be focusing on, for us to build and have a better future. Many thanks, again.”

April Wang (Green Building Strategist at Recollective Consulting)

“I want to say thank you to all the One Click LCA team for the summer school!!! You put so much effort into preparing information for the 3 weeks course, was so professional with different LCA and sustainability subjects, and was so patient with replaying all our questions.”

Lina Šeduikytė (Professor at Kaunas University of Technology)

“Thank you very much for such a wonderful summer school, which has a complete understanding about LCA, tutors were incredible. ONE CLICK LCA is a great tool. Answering so many questions made us easy to understand.. along with the informative lectures.. Thank you so much to the team of One Click LCA.”

Medha Naik (Architect, Sustainability consultant, IGBC AP)

“Thank you so much One Click LCA team. This was really a great summer school, I was able to understand the concepts so well and the exam was a great experience to reinforce my knowledge.”

Monisha Royan (Analyst at International WELL Building Institute (IWBI))

“Thank you so much for offering this course for free. I am glad I got the opportunity to attend this summer school with such amazing tutors. This course is designed to help you get exposed to the One Click LCA Software, through interactive online sessions and formative assessment and feedback. It gives you a comprehensive view of the main resources on how to decarbonize our buildings through life cycle assessment over a 3 weeks period . I loved the discussion forums and all the support provided by the panellist, and all professors showed a high level of expertise and professionalism. Many thanks to the whole LCA team for their efforts! Highly recommended.”

Chaza Rammal (Chemical Engineer | Interested iSustainability, Energy Transition & Decarbonization Strategies)

“A great tool, great course and amazing tutors - especially taking the time to answer the hundreds of questions after each class! Thanks to the One click team for this course and their efforts.”

Jacob Mathew (Energy Engineer | Architectural Engineer, United Arab Emirates)

“It was a great pleasure to take part in the summer school. Really an amazing team and so much knowledge. The team really put forward all the learning in an easy and straightforward way. I can highly recommend anyone interested in LCA to attend the next summer school. Thank you very much One Click LCA Steven Zijlstra Panu Pasanen.”

Carlos Jimenez (Assistant Professor in Building Services and Environmental Design at University of Nottingham)

Course curriculum

    1. Course overview - コース概要

    2. Planning for your success - あなたの成功に向けた計画

    1. Life-cycle assessment & life-cycle stages - ライフサイクルアセスメントとライフサイクルステージ

    2. Types of data & availability - データの種類と利用可能性

    1. Your homepage - あなたのホームページ

    2. Help Centre - ヘルプセンター

    3. Named and concurrent licenses - 特定ユーザーおよび複数ユーザーライセンス

    4. Your license & company account - あなたのライセンスと企業アカウント

    5. Creating a project - プロジェクトの作成

    6. Creating a design - デザインの作成

    7. Setting up LCA parameters LCA - パラメータの設定

    8. Setting up life-cycle costing (LCC) parameters - ライフサイクルコスト (LCC) パラメータの設定

    9. Selecting additional calculation tools - 追加計算ツールの選択

    1. Building materials - 建築資材

    2. Adding & editing building materials data - 建築資材データの追加と編集

    3. Expert features - エキスパート機能

    4. Energy & water consumption - エネルギー消費と水消費

    5. Construction site operations - 建設現場の運営

    6. Emissions and removals - 排出と除去

    7. Calculation period & building area - 算定期間と延床面積

    8. Certification & regulatory calculations - 認証および規制の計算

    9. Add-on calculation tools - 追加計算ツール

    1. Data import overview - インポートの概要

    2. Carbon Designer 3D

    3. Importing data from Microsoft Excel - Microsoft Excelからのインポート

    4. Importing data from Autodesk Revit - Autodesk Revitからのインポート

    5. Data importing process - インポートプロセス

    1. Results overview & reporting - 結果の概要とレポート

    2. Carbon Heroes Benchmark - カーボンベンチマーク

    3. Plausibility checker & most-contributing materials - 妥当性チェッカーと影響の大きい資材

    4. Result graphs - 結果グラフ

    5. Comparing designs - デザインの比較

About this course

  • Free
  • 41 lessons

Learning outcomes

In this course, students will learn how to use One Click LCA to conduct life-cycle assessments aimed at reducing embodied carbon in their construction projects. The course will enable students to:

  • Grasp the core concepts of LCA, including building life-cycle stages, environmental impact assessment, and the data required for performing LCA.

  • Understand the main features and functions of One Click LCA through practical, follow-along demonstrations.

  • Learn how to automate and manage LCA data imports from various BIM plugins, as well as One Click LCA's modelling tool, Carbon Designer 3D.

  • Interpret, understand, and act on the results of a comprehensive life-cycle assessment.

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